tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post38990596465182438..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-69201256224999486452013-09-15T02:37:31.500+01:002013-09-15T02:37:31.500+01:00Thanks. That must be them, only a couple of hundre...Thanks. That must be them, only a couple of hundred yards north of the park. Surprised that there are three young, since no one in the park had supposed that there were more than two, but they move around so fast and far and erratically that it would be easy to make a mistake. They have been calling to each other often and loudly. The excellent Xeno-Canto site has lots of recordings of Hobby calls at<br />http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Falco-subbuteo?&view=3<br />so that you can distinguish the fast alarm call from the slower notice call.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-66085812111477281322013-09-15T02:20:15.977+01:002013-09-15T02:20:15.977+01:00I think your Hobby family might have been spotted ...I think your Hobby family might have been spotted on St Matthews church tower on Thursday. <br /><br />A resident of Bark Place heard a commotion of birds and watched them settling on the tower, recognising them as birds of prey but not sure which. When I mentioned your observations of the Hobby family in the north west corner of Kensington Gardens it fitted the bill. She saw two adults and three young. Would the high pitched chattering among the group have been significant?Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529596094957534682noreply@blogger.com